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Korea's Top AI Official Quits for Assembly by-Election, Raising Doubts over DPK Candidate Strategy

Summary by The Korea Times
Ha Jung-woo, senior presidential secretary for AI (artificial intelligence) policy and future planning, confirmed his resignation Tuesday in what is widely seen as a prelude to a parliamentary by-election bid on June 3. The move drew criticism over the vacancy it will create at the top of the government's AI strategy and raised questions about whether the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) needed to recruit sitting presidential aides as cand…

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With the People Power Party strategically nominating a candidate creating a three-way race, and the unification of opposition candidates acting as a variable, Ha Jung-woo, Senior Secretary for AI Future Planning at the Blue House, who had been weighing his candidacy, tendered his resignation to run in the Busan Buk-gap parliamentary by-election, thereby [preparing] the Busan Buk-gap parliamentary by-election.

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"He told us not to engage in private lobbying, yet the AI Senior Secretary is running for office; this is deceiving the public." Ha Jung-woo, the Blue House Senior Secretary for AI Future Planning, tendered his resignation to run in the by-election for Busan Buk-gap, a seat left vacant by Democratic Party lawmaker Jeon Jae-soo's bid for Busan mayor. Party leader Chung Cheong-rae met with Secretary Ha on the 26th to persuade him to run, and Secre…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Lee Seul-gi and Oh Gyu-jin = Democratic Party of Korea Chairman Chung Cheong-rae met with Blue House Senior Secretary for AI Future Planning Ha Jeong-woo and officially requested that he run in the Busan Buk-gap by-election...

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Korea (the Republic of) on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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